Wirebound box



. a. c. BABCOCK.-

WIREBOUND BOX. AP PLlfiATloN FILED MAR. 3, 1917.

- Patentd Mar. 8, 1921..

UNITED STATES WIREBOUND Boxl PATENT OFFICE.

- 'GUILFORD C. .BABCOCK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB TO WIREBOUN 'DS PATENTS COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

[To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1 I, Ginnronn .C. Bani cook,- a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in'the county of Cook 5 and Stateof Illinois, have invented an Im- =provement" in Wirebound Boxes, of which the" following description, in connection J with itheaccompanying drawings, is a specil ficatio v o'jresnti Ike-characters on the drawings repsf ik j P rt- 12? 1 1 I intiention'relates to boxes of the wiretype and itsfpur'pose isto provide a'box having the advantages as a shipping container ofthe so-called';..wirebound box such aszis described-in reissuedfLetters Pat- .ent No. 12,725, granted Nov.26-,; 1907, and which hasa detachable lid and may be used as anopen-topped receptacle for the storage .and handling-cf material.

. which an illustrative embodi- I merit-is shown inthe accompanying drawin wherein parts before assembling in vbox form;

1 is a similar view of the box top, Fig; 2-is:a side view thereof; Fig. 2ais a-similar view of the box top.' 0 Fig. 3 is the perspective view of the box as an open-top container; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective. view of the box with 'thellid in place'ready for shipment.

. Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2,

side'sections 1, 3 and 5 'formed' of suitable side material provided with lateral cleats 7 and fastened together inlcoiiperative foldable relationshipby longitudinal binding wiresjQ-which extend over the cleats and are secured by staples straddling the same and driven through the sidei material into the cleats and preferablyj'al o-zfby one or more ''I accomplishthe purposes set forth byi means of the construction hereinafteri-dea gure 1 is a plan view of some of' the box I- show-there a box blank comprising -;three Specification of Letter Patent; P t flf a 1 2 Application filed Mama 3, 1917. Serial No. 152.394.

.the tenons enter the mortises .when mortise and tenon cleats are used, and the wires will --be te nsioned over the edges of the-box firmly to hold the same. I further provide for each box a cover section 13 which may be .60 similar to the walls of the-side sections 1, 3

-and 5, forexample it may be a suitable sheet of veneer. I do not, however, utilize cleats corresponding to the cleats 7-01: the side sections in connection with this cover, but I sec1 1re to it binding-wires 15' correspondlng in position to the binding Wires 9 of the box body and a wire or wires" 17; corresponding-to'the wire or wires'l l. qwhen the three sided blank is-b'ent-up into box form, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the top or cover 13 is adapted to be fitted as a fourth side of the box with the wires 15 and'17 mating wlth the wires 9 and 11 respectively so that they may be secured thereto to form lgmdmgs completely encircling the closed 0X v Referring now to Fig. 3, the three sections 1, 3 and'j5" are folded up into box form and areassembled in the usual manner with end closures 19, which may be and preferably are sheetsof veneer. These closures may be 1 placed interiorly of the'cleats 7 which partlally frame the ends of the box and are secured theretoin any desired manner asfby v being stapled or nailed thereto from the'intenor of the box, as shown jat 21. Inaccordance with my invention 1 also utilize separate cleats 23 correspondingto the fourth-side of the completed'box and I as- 9 semble these'with the cleats 7 adjacent-the upper edges of the end closures 19 and se cure themin place. Herein. I have shown staples 25 pass' outwardly through the end closure .19. referably asshown'the cleat23 is secured to the cleats 7 by devices passing through the mating parts thereof such as the mortises and tenons illustrated.

. a By this means there is provided a box' with three sides, two ends and an open top- 0 which is sufiiciently strong to resist the strains of handling and carrying with a load therein for short distances and under such conditions;as' it is possible to carry an open box, The cleat23'moreover provides a con- 1 13 is used, which is such that it can conta -ed at 23 and is secured in place b vleaientty be stored when the boxis being usect as an open-topped container. The cevec is placed on top of the box as indiig. 4 resting on top of the cleats fastenin together the mating wires of t e top and the box body. The wires cleats 23 securely hold down the ends of the cover and the bindings formed by the cotiperation of the wires 9 and 15 may be firmly tensioned over the frames formed by cleats 7 and The resultin -package 1s a receptaele only slightly inferior to the wirebound .1102; wherein the encircling binding wires are stapled to all four cleats and has the superioriti es of the wirebound type of box over the rigid container formed of parts nailed to ether whether or not reinforced by and a cover section adapte metal. it the same time the box is'practicable for use-as an open-topped container and will stand up under the wearof such' use although-the thin sheet materials characteristic of wirebound construction, may still be used. I

In'the drawings I have shown the ends of the various wires bent back uponthemselves and intertwistedwith the standing parts of the wires. I prefer to use this construction as it provides readily separable fasteners for the box which can be used again and again and when-the box is used without a cover as shown at F ig. 3, no raw ends of wire are left projecting to tear the hands or the clothing. Therefore, the desirability of the box as a temporary container. fasteners are utilized by passing the twisted part of one wire into the bight of another,

recving it tight and bending over the first as-a hook (see Fig. 4;). It will be-understood, however, that I might provide-other -forms of fastening or that the wires on the cover and box body may be twisted together .in the ordinary manner. Having thus described my invention and with the'wires onthe side sectionswhereby placed over the cleats.

These of said end members and interlocking with plurality of side tion on said additional cle-atsand having wires secured thereto in position to .matewhen secured thereto bindings will be provided completely encircling the closed box.

2. A method of making a box comprising assembling side material with cleats to form three sides of the box, connecting the same in cooperative foldable relationship by lon gitudinal, binding 'wires stapled to said cleats, folding said sides, securing end closures to the cleats, securing additional cleats to the upper edges of said closures to con-' nect and brace the upper ends of the cleats of said side sectiors and forming a cover for said box. adapted to rest on said additional cleats and having wires disposed across the same in positionto mate with the wires of the side sections'when the cover is in position. v I

3.- The open-to box substantially as described, having the three side sections,.1, 3 and 5, comprising sidematerial with (30-. operative cleats connected by wires under tension, the lid-supportin cleat' 23 corresponding to the fourth sidb of the boxand interlocked with-the cleats of the side sec-.

tions, and the end ldsures 19 secured tosaid 4. A box comprising three side sections rangedto interlock when the sides are in' box form, binding wires secured to said cleats and connecting said sections lunder tension, end closures secured to said cleats; cleats corresponding to the fourth .side of the box secured in position at the upper edge each comprising side material and cleats arthe cleats of the side sections, and aseparate 'cover for said box'ada ted to' rest on said cleats for the fourth si e and havingmeans thereon forscuringitlto'said wires;

5. An open-top box comprising three separate sections of side material and cleats correspondin to the sides and bottom of the box, connecte d together in foldable relationship by continuous binding wires, se' aratev cleats for thefourth side of the box a pted to engage with the cleats ofthe side'sections to form end frames for the box, and end sec tions secured to the cleats'of the fourth side of the box and the cleats of the side sections to close the ends and hold the parts in open to formation. v

n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this s ecification.

. G LFORD C. BABCOCK. 

